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EU carbon market update: 3 August 2020
04 August 2020Auction supply falls sharply this week but, in thin holiday markets, sizeable moves in either direction are possible, says Tom Lord*
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France considers second green sovereign bond for 2021
04 August 2020The French debt management office, Agence France Tresor (AFT), is considering launching a second green sovereign bond next year, having already raised more than €25 billion ($28 billion) from its pioneering Green OAT, first issued in 2017.
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5% of European insurer assets are EU Taxonomy eligible, says EIOPA
03 August 2020Only a "small proportion" of total assets held by European insurance firms may be eligible under the EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities, according to research by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA).
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Public investment institutions commit to ESG, despite lack of reliable data
03 August 2020More than 90% of global public investors (GPIs), such as central banks, sovereign wealth funds and public pension funds, have specific environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment policies in place, or are in the process of developing them despite limited access to ESG data.
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Dai-ich Life joins SASB's advisory group
03 August 2020Dai-Ichi Life has joined the investor advisory group of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), an independent non-profit organisation that sets non-financial accounting standards.
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SUSI raises €300m for innovative flagship energy transition fund
03 August 2020Swiss asset manager SUSI Partners secured €300 million ($354 million) in the first closing for its new flagship energy transition fund, with an innovative structure to balance long-term investment with built-in liquidity.
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Biodiversity: lessons from the Dutch working group
31 July 2020A number of leading Dutch financial institutions have joined forces to boost knowledge about biodiversity within the financial sector. Merel Hendriks and Simon Zwagemakers outline some of the key developments
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A tenth of insurer investments in climate sensitive assets, says EIOPA
31 July 2020More than 10% of total investments by European insurers could be in sectors highly exposed to climate risk, according to preliminary data from the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
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ESG fund assets pass $1trn milestone
31 July 2020Assets in sustainable funds have rebounded sharply following the market meltdown triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, to hit a record high of $1.06 trillion, as of the end of June.
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100 EU Taxonomy-eligible firms identified by Morgan Stanley
31 July 2020Morgan Stanley has identified 100 listed European companies which it believes generate revenues eligible under the EU Taxonomy, but said data limitations constrain fuller assessment